Strap-end-attaching device



2.1. MILLER.

STRAP END ATTACHING DEViCE.

APPLICATION FILEDAPR. Is. 1921. RENEWED JAN.18,' 1922.

1,407,29 Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

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Application filed April 15, .1921, Serial No; 461,547. Renewed January18, 1922. Serial No. 536,232.

To allwhom'it mag concern:

Be it known that I, ZAGHARY T. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bliss, in the county of Noble and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Strap-End-AttachingDevices; of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention provides economical and efficient means for attaching astrap-end to a ring, loop, buckle part, or the like.

It is an object. of the invention so to form such an attaching means ofbendable sheet metal that it may be easily placed in association with astrap or the like and the part to be held thereby.

When considered in connection with the description herein, thecharacteristics of the invention will be apparent from the accompanyingdrawing, forming part hereof,

. wherein an embodiment of the invention is disclosed, for purposes ofillustration.

what now is considered to be a preferable embodiment of the invention,it is to be understood that it is not the intention to be Fig. 2 is aview of the device with a part bent over the ring and ready to receivethe strap; and

Fig. 3 is a View of the blank from which the device is formed.

In the formation of the article, blanks of substantially the shape shownby Fig. 3 are cut or struck from strong bendable sheetmetal stock.

Such a blank includes a central web 4:, a

' covering side portion 5, and a clampingside portion 6, all presentinga somewhat elongated substantially rectangular surface. An extension 7,which is to form a loop member, projects at substantially right anglesfrom the web of the elongated part of the blank. Prongs 8 are struck outto extend from surfaces of the parts 6 {and 7 before the blank is bent.

I lVhen the article to be formed from such a blank is to be associatedwith a ring, loop, or the like, the part 7 is*passedthereinto, eitherbefore or after partial bending,- and it IS bent over one side of thering, loop, or the like at a place removed from the edge of the web anddown against the web.

The end of the strap or the liketo be secured to the ring, loop, or thelike is laid on the bent-over portion of the part 7, the clamping part 6then is bent over and down against the strap or the like, and then theSpecification of Lettersletent. Patentedl eb. 21,1922.

covering part 5 is bent over and downagainst the part 6.

The prongs are disposed in suchmanner 1n the parts 6 and'7 that theyextend into the end of the strap or the like when l the parts are bentinto place, and they thus obviate liability of the held part to slipfrom between the parts that are clamping it.

In order to make certain the engagement of the prongs in the heldpartand to prof v duce a comparatively flat article, the bent--'Although the disclosures herein exempllfy' over parts may be hammereddown into place. A

Preferably, although not necessarily, the

part 5, which is the last to be bent over and.

down, should be long enough to extend over the openings made in strikingout the prongs from the part 7, in order that rough places that mayresult from such operation may be covered and the completed article maybe smooth.

Before laying the end of thestrap or the like on the bent-over part 7,it is advantageous to bend the parts 5 and 6 to positions substantiallyat right angles to the web 4, as shown by Fig. 2, in order to alford aguide for positioning the held part on the bentover part 7, and then tobendand'hammer down the parts .5 and 6 as, described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is i 1. As a connecting device for an end of astrap or thelike, a piece of bendable sheet metal having a central web,a leg extending therefrom arranged to be extended through and bent overa side of a ring or the like and down against the web, a clamping partextending from said web arranged to be bent over and down against astrap or the like on said bent-over leg, and another part 110 on saidweb arranged to be bent over and down against said clamping part.

2. As a connecting device for an end of a strap or the like, a piece ofbendable sheet and bent over a side of a ring or the like and downagainst the web, a clamping part extending from said web arranged to bebent over and down against a strap or the-like on said bent-over leg andanother part on said web arranged to be bent over and down against saidclamping part, said leg and clamping part having projections arranged toextend into the article disposed between them.

3. The combination of a strap or the like and a loop or the like, and aconnecting member comprising a web, a looped member extending from oneside of the web around a side of the loop or the like and back over theweb, a clamping member extending. from another side of the web over andholding the strap or the like against said looped member, and a coveringmember extending from a side of the web over the clamping member.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ZACHARY T. I MILLER.

